The Carnegie foundation says that grantors:
1. are growing weary of support for education,
2. are skeptical that institutions can deliver on promises to improve student learning or advance societal progress.
3. are finding a lack of honesty on both sides - grantor and grantee
4. see education institutions as looking and acting unaccountable
5. are being called 'lousy lovers' by educational leaders.
Consequently, there a book out that suggests how this relationship might be mended. There are five suggestions.
1. Ensuring openness by making the flow of information two-way, from grantor to grantee and back.
2. Providing a road map that documents how the ideas can be put into play: the degree of difficulty, the time needed and the costs associated.
3. Including assessments that use the most appropriate research methods for the project.
4. Requiring that key people in both foundations and educational institutions achieve professional expertise.
5. Sharing true successes widely.
In any event, it is the grantee who ought to accomodate the grantor. And, if the educational institute finds it uncomfortable to be on the receiving end, it will understand Jesus' words "it is more blessed to give than to receive."
What do you think?
For more info on the book and how to get it.
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